Steinmetz:Laminaria

Laminaria cloustoni

Also known as (or relevant to) Laminaria cloustoni Laminaria digitata (and other species) Family Laminariaceae English Names Laminaria Sweet Tangle Sugar Sea-beet Natural Habitat near the coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean especially Helgoland; found in India in salt lakes and deep seas: Laminaria saccharina (this species is also growing on the coast of China Korea and Manchuria) Part(s) Used Stipites Laminariae

Constituent(s) laminarin laminar-acids algin (mucilage) mannite iodine salts tannin Action used for chirurgic purposes; Laminaria saccharina is used internally against goitre